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Well, almost everyone.
One person is missing.
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Did we forget to mention that this is a funeral?
Its a sunny January day in Atlanta as theVampire Diariescast films its last group scene in the woods.
This is a goodbye and its a big one.
We were absolutely feeling epic.
Somerhalder adds: Twilightwas very much the zeitgeist of pop culture.
There was just that sense that the market desired this genre.
This material was going to work.
But the one thing everyone can agree on: The show cant end without Elena Gilbert.
(The finale airs March 10.)
The nostalgia is insane, Dobrev says of being back on set.
Im really glad that I got to be a part of it.
Back at the cemetery, the emotional fog is replaced by a literal one.
This is Mystic Falls, after all.
Watching the kiss unfold, Plec gets within an inch of the monitor.
The moment that tear falls, she calls Cut.
That was so good, she says through her tears as she makes a note of the take.
That ones a keeper.
I would cry just thinking about what that would feel like, she says.
Each goodbye is real.
And those goodbyes are starting now.
Its this very interesting melancholy, Paul Wesley says of the feeling on set.
I did Stefans final scene with Elena.
It was strangely emotional for me.
Wesley pauses as if coming to terms with what hes about to say in this very instant.
Youre saying goodbye to this time and this moment.
Theyve been important characters both on television and in the personal lives of everyone involved.
It changed them, or in some cases, healed them.
And somehow through these eight years weve patched ourselves up and are now ready to face the world again.
His castmate Candice King (Caroline) says, [This show] changed my life.
Its hard to summarize at this point what it means because it kind of means everything.
However, its not the ending they originally came up with during the second season.
Julie and Kevin wrote a really beautiful episode, with a lot of callbacks to the pilot.
Were so proud of it.
It really did give closure, for better or for worse.
Walking away from the funeral scene, Dobrev wipes away Elenas tears.
At this point, youd think Elena would be used to goodbyes.
But this ones different: There will be no more witchy high jinks, no more Other Side.
Bonnie Bennetts no longer in the business of bringing people back from the dead.
The Vampire Diariesseries finale airs Friday at 9 p.m.
ET on The CW.
